While India’s central government trumpeted plans to develop 100 smart cities around the country, there are concerns about the lack of a legal framework to manage and regulate these transformed cities. An article in the Business Standard raised questions around India’s smart city strategy, announced last year. The complexity of transforming into a smart city largely comes with the difficulty in harmonizing the myriad infrastructure elements involved into one big information technology family

In an age where adult fitness and health wearables, such as the Garmin Vivoactive tracker, have become the norm, new companies are introducing wearable baby monitors that connect to smartphone apps. These wearables can provide information to parents about their baby’s breathing, skin temperature, sleeping patterns and heart rate. See also: Soon-to-launch Ayda helps with your baby making Sproutling offers an ankle strap that uses pulse oximetry technology, which is also found in the finger clip used by doctors to monitor heart rates

Imagine you’re getting ready to leave a busy restaurant after a long night out with friends. You’ve had a few too many and decide to call for a ride rather than to drive yourself. You pull out your smartphone and with a few taps a car is sent your way

Whether you want help with cooking, cleaning or even dating, there’s a droid for the job. Here are a handful of home assistants who would love to serve youMeet Zenbo, the Asus robot that costs no more than a smartphoneIn-home robots to help with everything from cooking and cleaning to childcare and companionship have been the stuff of sci-fi for decades. But, with the unveiling this week of the Wall-E-like Asus Zenbo, this is the year that science-fiction could turn into science-fact, introducing home assistants that can talk to you, control your electronics and help out with the chores. Here are five that could be knocking at your door in the near future

Amazon has shocked us a few times with its hardware announcements, not many thought the Kindle would succeed to the extent it changed the entire publishing industry, Dash buttons offered a new, unique way to reorder items on Amazon, and Echo is one of the most popular Internet of Things (IoT) devices on the market at the moment. The e-commerce giant may be working on another hardware device, if you think Jeff Bezos’ non-answer at Code Conference is a hint. See also: Can Amazon’s new Dash connect the IoT dots? Bezos was questioned after appearing at the conference by The Verge’s Lauren Goode and asked if a wearable is in the works

Global consulting firm Accenture has released a report looking at the potential benefits of autonomous vehicles in Australia and what connected industries may be affected by the advent of self-driving. Accenture predicts that by the year 2040, four out of every 10 cars will be autonomous. And it won’t just be consumer cars that use autonomous technology, healthcare, manufacturing, mining, and transportation industries will all move towards an autonomous future

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